TEACHING PRAGMATICS WITH TRANSLATION
TEACHING PRAGMATICS WITH TRANSLATION

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to show that Pragmatics could benefit from being taught with examples from the field of translation. The intention of the speaker is, for the domain of Pragmatics, above the semantic meaning of an utterance. Speech acts theory, the cooperation principle, the way meaning is implied and not expressed directly are significant aspects to be taken into account by translators. Context is vital for any situation of communication in real life and when it comes to translation. The paper will take into account the way Pragmatics could be taught to students of a Translation and Interpretation Section at the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest where the author teaches a course in Pragmatics and Semantics.

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